good morning, america. a new kind of scare in the air. emergency landing for an american airlines jet when a row of seats comes unbolted from the floor midflight. prompting fears that will it go airborne. countdown, the brand-new abc news poll out just two days before the first crucial debate shows president obama with a razor-thin lead. and this morning, arnold schwarzenegger is here making his own predictions. moment of impact. 38 cameras capturing every angle as a boeing 727 crashes in the desert. inside the unprecedented

discovery test that could make all of us safer. and taylor swift speaks out for the first time with her high-profile relationship with the kennedys. opening up to "glamour" and abc news. >> there is a lot of talk about you and the kennedys these days. >> there is? >> there is. do tell. ♪ and good morning, everyone. we hope you had a great weekend. we got news from robin over the weekend. she's recovering from her bone marrow transplant. she's tweeting out this morning and she's got a special request for those at home. we'll get to that. >> robin is doing really, really

well. we will hear from her. also ahead in this half hour, arnold schwarzenegger is here for his first live interview since his bombshell new autobiography is out today. about the moment he confessed to maria shriver about his affair with the housekeeper. and more drama for lindsay lohan. the superstar accused of assaulting someone over the weekend. there he is. he's got a penchant for getting his picture taken with famous people. there's paul ryan. and the charges have been dropped. right now, we want to get to josh and the american airlines scare. big news breaking right now, george. aboard an american airlines flight, they actually had to make an emergency landing because some of the seats in the cabin got loose. somehow becoming unbolted.

abc's senior correspondent jim avila is here. >> reporter: good morning, josh. abc news has confirmed that american airlines is investigating how and why a row of seats aboard one of its boeing 757s, flying between boston and miami came loose from the cabin in midflight. while no one was hurt, three passengers were moved to other seats in the cabin, and once the plane landed safely, the passengers and all of them boarded another flight to miami. they suffered a three-hour delay. american, of course, has been suffering through labor issues as it goes through bankruptcy in attempts to cut its maintenance workforce. this comes on top of lots of problems for the airline as it suffers what it fears are pilot sit-outs. what has happened so far, the faa said it's monitoring closely. the union has nothing do with this or other delays. breaking news overnight from

afghanistan. three american soldiers have been killed after a motorcycle packed with bombs ran into a military patrol. the taliban is claiming responsibilities. and terrorists taking control of city, the keys went up for sale online. a new york post reporter bought a set for $150. the keys are meant for firefighters and can be used for locked subway stations. cut power and paralyze elevators in skyscrapers. meanwhile, new information about gas prices overnight. they are coming down but not as quickly as we all hoped. the safrg s per gallon. down 3 cents from last week. aaa says it will likely be november before we can see any

anything drop in prices. and one of the country's busiest roadway, the through los angeles has reopened this morning after what was called carmageddon two. le freeways had to be closed so crews could tear down that bridge spanning. and a large part of the bridge came crashing down unexpectedly on a hillside below, no one was hurt, in fact, they opened the freeway ahead of schedule. meanwhile, overse, winds topping 100 miles per hour. in japan, look what it does to that car. picks it up and throws it like a toy all the way across that parking lot. no one was inside the car at the time the wind struck. the storm, meanwhile, dumped some 20 inches of rain in central japan. and we close with a sunday that will not be forgotten by anyone watching. a stunning collapse by the u.s. team at the ryder cup in chicago. let the groans fly, people.

all the americans had to do is win 4 out of 12 singles matches sunday in front of a raucous crowd in medinah, just outside of chicago. falling painfully short losing to the europeans, 14 1/2 to 13 1/2. europe's top player rory mcelroy almost didn't make it to the tee time. he was watching the golf channel in his hotel. he was actually in central time. got there with minutes to spare. still managed to win his match as did virtually everyone else. >> i know. my husband was walking around and groaning. >> it was a catatonic afternoon. and a race to the white house and a new abc news/"washington post" poll out this morning shows president obama has a narrow lead just before the first crucial debate coming up this wednesday. in a moment, we're going to have former california governor schwarzenegger schwarzenegger

weigh in on all of this but it is "your voice your vote" and abc's david muir is here with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. this is a tight race, in fact the new poll shows president obama leads just two points likely among voters. and this morning, just two days before that big debate, who do voters think will win? >> hello, las vegas! >> reporter: overnight in las vegas, the president claimed the odds talking predictions about the first all-important debate. >> i know folks in the media are speculating who is going to have the best zinger. governor romney, he's a great debater. >> reporter: the with the razor-thin lead among voters, when voters are asked who they expect to win, 63% of voters told us they think the president will win in november. as for the all important debate, 56% said they expect the president to win. both campaigns deep into it,

both trying to lower expectations. with one noted exception, republican chris christie telling george, expect a difference race. >> when we get to thursday morning, george, you'll be shaking your head saying it's a brand new race. >> reporter: and christi's response -- >> stop lying. he's saying that the wealthy will pay just as much. >> reporter: he will lower tax rates across the board but lower common deductions, too. with the new poll showing the majority expecting the president to win the debate, the president's focus will be to avoid unforced errors. like president bush checking his watch. and then taking that awkward step towards george w. bush. >> so many believe that al gore had invaded george bush's

personal space there. we had a poll asking who would you like to see on "dancing with the stars," 51% said the president. 26% said romney. but also this, who would you trust to babysit your children? 41%. >> i can expect that. one a father, one a grandfather. george? thank you very much. arnold schwarzenegger here for his first live interview about his autobiography "total recall: my unbelievably true life story." it's on sale now. on body building and business and the movies and politics and the affair with the housekeeper. and the moment he finally confessed to his wife maria shriver. let's start out with politics now. you're still a republican, right? >> yes. >> but you haven't yet committed to mitt romney.

why? >> well, i always wait until the last minute. and there's some very interesting debates coming up. and i think it's always nice when you see both of the candidates next to each other and debate the issues. >> is there a chance that you could vote for president obama? >> i'm open-minded. i want to hear what everyone has to say. and i'm not one that just votes on one issue. i vote on the whole package so which one of the candidates has the best package. because no one is perfect. no one is exactly what you want. the idea that you can put two candidates together, but that isn't going to happen. so, you know, i keep an open mind. >> let's talk about the book a little bit. we asked maria shriver to comment. she's not given one yet. did she let you know what she thinks about it? >> well, i think it's very difficult, you know, obviously,

for the family and the kids when this whole thing kind of gets brought back. >> in what way? >> well, the book, the idea at the time just have to write an autobiography for the last 20 years. i always thought there wasn't enough of a story. i didn't have time because i was doing two, three movies a year. but i think after the governorship, you know, i started thinking about it again. and just one of the most incredible immigrant stories. it's extraordinary when you think about coming over here with absolutely no money and making it through the body building sport and becoming the best and winning championships. then going into movies when everyone thought it would never happen, a leading man in movies with an accent, with a name like that. and not really having any acting background and climb up to be the highest paid actor in the history of motion pictures.

and then all of a a sudden, there's a recall election in california. and to become governor of the greatest state in the union. this is extraordinary. >> it certainly is. you write about how the day after you left the governorship, maria confronted you in the therapist's office. but she also confronted you many years before, correct? >> yes. i think losing the family, i just can't know how. >> do you think you should have? >> well, it's easy to be smart in hindsight. but the bottom line is, what it is then over what it is now, it's just one of the sad situations that i've created. and it's the worst thing i've ever done. >> worst thing you've ever done? worst secret? >> well, not just the worst

secret. it's just it hurt so many people. and the mistakes and the failures that i've had in the past. and i write about all of them in the book. >> you do. >> because i always felt that it should be a book about me, and not just about my successes. because there's downsides, there's mistakes that i've made in politics, in personal life. in movies and so on. but this is the worst because it affected so many people. >> it affected so many people. i want to talk about the political effect as well. you know, i was talking to my wife about this, in the book, the part she could not get over, how do you keep mildred in the house knowing all of this? >> well, it's worse when you start getting rid of people, it's kind of like punishing somebody for having been in this situation. so that's the best way that i could handle it. i think the important thing now is for, "a," recognize it. and i think that doing the book was really kind of an interesting way of analyzing the

life i hate, going back and thinking about the past. whether it's my childhood or the body building, anything. this book made me look back. and i think analyzing that specific thing was, you know, kind of a -- really, a painful but necessary. because when you look at the whole thing, it was just so horrible. what it did to the kids and what it did to my wife. because they were really fantastic. i have the most extraordinary family. >> have you been able to repair your relationship with them? >> you know it takes time. i've had a good relationship with the kids and a very good relationship with maria. but it takes time. and i do everything that i can to work on that, because i want to get them back together. because i think we were such a terrific family. and just because of my doing, doing this stupid thing, i got

into this situation that i'm in. >> you wrote an extraordinary thing. you say you're optimistic that you and maria will still be together. how can you find that optimism? >> i'm an optimistic person. i think it's because everyone is interested in that. i'm sure that maria didn't say that. but i'm sure that maria wishes we all could be together. and i definitely all wish we could be together. >> one final question, have you been able to be a father to joseph, your son with mildred? >> yes, and he is my son. and i will take care of him financially. and it's my obligation and i'm doing it. >> and it seems like you may have learned something from all of this. what would you say your biggest lesson you take away as you look back, and think about writing the book and go over everything in your life? >> i think that you learn, i don't know how much this helps you, but you learn that one

stupid mistake that maybe you think is good at that moment can really destroy a lot of things and can hurt a lot of people. that don't deserve to be hurt like that. and maria did not deserve to be hurt like that, nor do the kids, nor do everyone in the extended family. so everyone has been hurt by that. and that's -- you know, i'm trying to rebuild all of that. >> we want to talk about much more in the book later on in the show, but right now got to get to elizabeth. george, thanks so much. now to lindsay lohan, the star accused of an aide assaulting her. >> good morning, elizabeth. she is no stronger to the lapd, and lately, she's getting to

know the nypd pretty well. she was physically assaulted in a hotel, but this morning, it comes down to she said/he said. >> reporter: lindsay lohan may be no stranger to legal trouble, but this morning, she says this time she was the victim. 26-year-old starlet said she was assaulted on sunday by this man, a part-time congressional staffer named christian labella. labella is seen posing here with paul ryan and kim kardashian on photos on facebook reportedly met lohan over the weekend at this trendy manhattan nightclub. lohan told police that at the end of the evening, she and a group of friends invited her back to the room. but the star said when she found pictures of herself partying on his phone she took it. police say lohan ran out of the room and into a stairwell, but

labella allegedly followed her, choking her from behind and throwing her to the ground. at that point, lohan told police she pulled a fire alarm. officers later arrested labella as he tried to leave the "w." he was initially charged with third degree assault and harassment but the charges were later dropped. >> this is more high school than it is criminal. the police really sort of view this as a minor altercation. >> reporter: police now say they have documented harassment complaints from both lohan and labella. >> it really is no surprise something like this happens when you're using bad judgment. and of course, this is just the latest headline from lohan after she arrived a few weeks ago. another hit and run incident outside of a club. a man accused her of hitting him and leaving the scene. >> all of this happening at 4:30 in the morning. don't these people sleep? sam? >> no, they probably don't. not according to the headlines.

hey, good morning, everybody on your monday, just a brief second over the weekend with the possib tornadoes in mississippi. some of the storms will shuffle east. so nashville, atlanta, birmingham, montgomery, mobile, tallahassee, that's the area of severe thunderstorms that could pop up. that could include flooding rains or tornadoes in that area. take a look at los angeles, 101. that's a record if you get there. san diego, 94, that would be a record by a degree as well. still the big heat in northern california. that big fire danger continues.

>> good morning. jeras. orologist jacqui y start here this especially northwest district. only have .3 of a mile in frederick and martinsburg. and slow down this morning. s to the the 40' west. 50's on the map. reagan national manassas. clouds ast for today, showers rease, a few possible late. >> all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour, everybody. >> all right. thanks so much, sam. and coming up on "gma," a bizarre murder for hire plot. a teacher allegedly calling a hit man to call another teacher. we have the explosive reporting.

plus, a jaw-dropping look at a boeing 727 crashing on purpose. and taylor swift, she talks to us about her relationship with the kennedys. let's say you want to get ahead in your career. how do you get from here... to here?

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you'll need to hear it to believe it. you know, taylor swift has got a lot of buzz around her right now. around her personal life as well. only right here when we go behind the scenes of her "glamour" cover shoot and an abc news exclusive and also what she's got to say about maybe dating a kennedy. >> maybe? they are. >> we'll have that. but we do begin with that florida high school teacher trying to take out a hit on a fellow teacher. jim pepe in the act. we're hearing that for the first time. >> what do you want done with bob meredith? >> i want him killed. >> all right. >> we got to [ bleep ] -- >> reporter: an 11-minute profanity filled conversation caught on tape. teacher james pepe alleged patching a murder plot against fellow teacher bob meredith.

>> or he's going to do it? >> here's the deal, you should just talk to the guy. why don't just talk to him. how do you want meredith killed. >> any way he wants. i don't give a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: prosecutors played it during the arraignment saturday. the teacher was talking to a friend who secretly began working with authorities after pepe allegedly paid $2,000 to have meredith killed. >> he wanted me to kill him i was uncomfortable with that because i've got kids. he wound a white supremacist, that didn't work. >> reporter: pepe was upset that he thought meredith was spreading rumors about him. >> he would find people to be conspiring against him when that wasn't the case. he would have a feeling those people are out to get him.

>> reporter: pepe allegedly has a history of co-workers. saying quote, several professionals described your demeanor in terms as hostile, aggressive, extremely volatile and your anger as alarming. >> he look us up with any [ bleep ] we need. >> reporter: after hearing these tape, the judge denied bail, and this morning, pepe sits in jail awaiting trial. for "good morning america," john schriffen, abc news, new york. let's get more from "gma's" legal analyst dan abrams. >> when are people going to realize hitmen don't exist, right? it's always going to a friend going to another friend, and the friend ends up getting caught. and we also see defenses which is i never actually planned to do it. i was never actually going to go forward with this. it was just idle talk. and i think what they're going

to say here, they're going to say he was entrapped. >> that's what i was going to ask you, it seems like the friend was trying to get in touch with him. >> look, if they can get that tape excluded from evidence. there's going to be very little that the authorities have. they need that tape in evidence. and they're going to say, look, i was never going to go forward with this and this guy starts giving me ideas, why don't you do this or do that. >> how common are these incidences in hostile in cases like this? >> they're not. i don't think they're that relevant here you're talking about a misdemeanor case in 1995. you're talking about an allegation with regard to his conduct at school in 2001. remember, there was never an allegation of him doing anything to children. it was always the way that he dealt with authority, fellow teachers, et cetera. but, you know, compared to an allegation of solicitation to

commit murder, the rest of the stuff is minor. >> understatement. dan, thanks very much. hey, george what a weekend for operations like texas, they don't get rain almost all year and in some cases more than eight inches of rain since friday. take a look, balancer, texas, by the way, just soaking all through that area. there were water rescues, we had reports all over the state of texas. mittland da and odessa gets more rain than they had all season long. this is good news coming quickly. again, it doesn't stay where they need it to stay. they needed soaking rain but it's a problem with the runoff. we know there's going to be heavy rain involved with this in the southeast. pay attention in knoxville. raleigh and atlanta, you're just in that heavy stream of rain as well. these will be big rainfall totals. some of it will come with powerful thunderstorms. burlington, buffalo, new york,

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back now at 7:40 with those stunning pictures of a boeing 727 crashing into the desert. the terrifying moment of impact caught on 38 cameras. such a jaw-dropping experience help us all fly more safely. well, it's all part of a documentary airing on discovery channel on sunday. abc's neal karlinsky has an exclusive preview. >> reporter: you're watching one of the most ambitious tests ever in the name of airline safety. this boeing 727 is being deliberately crashed into the desert. on board, mon $500,000 of crash test dummies. 38 specialized cameras, sensors

and a crew of pilots wearing parachutes. they jump out of the back of a plane. then the huge jet line esche careens into the ground. a horrific, yet survivable crash that tears the plane apart. this stunning crash was done for the discovery channel's "curiosity plane crash," after four years of planning and with a huge team of experts. >> parts are still running. look at that. >> reporter: all to better understand what really happens to people on board. >> i suspect this one may have a concussion that one may have a broken leg. >> reporter: dr. cindy burr was in charge of the unlucky passengers. she told us her data makes it crystal clear that you prepare for an impact. what should you do, put your hands over -- >> pull your head down and hold it. >> reporter: and that works? >> yeah, it does.

>> reporter: the crash was a belly flop slightly nose front. passengers near the front took the brunt of it. asset 7-a was actually catapulted out of the plane. many of the seat belt passengers had spinal injuries from jerking forward from the lap belt. and she showed us something else in her lab. a simulated mother holding an infant on her lap. a familiar money-saver for parents everywhere. after a relatively minor impact, the mother can't hold on, even though she's done the same thing as a parent, dr. burr said having a child on your lap simply isn't safe. >> it hits the mother, did you see that? >> reporter: the plane crash revealed other things, too, like the tremendous amount of debris that can be deadly to anyone sitting upright. also, how critical it is to be able to make your way out fast. generally sitting within five rows. an exit gives a passenger the

best odds. heard le heartlesssons from a harrowing crash. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, detroit. >> we're joined now by experts involved in this experiment, dr. cindy burr from wayne state university and dr. thomas bar. good morning, welcome to both of you. dr. burr, i want to start with you, we talk about the importance of bracing. it's because of all the debris flying, right? >> well, it's the debris flying around, you're very vulnerable in that upright position. it's amazing how much blew into the plane. with the crash test dummy, the one in the braced position actually had lower risks.

>> but also with smoke, with flames, to be down like that and even to be covered by a coat or one of the blankets on board can help protect you? >> exactly. that's exactly what we're seeing. >> it also showed that passengers sitting within five rows of the exit had a much higher chance of surviving. but the important thing is, because we can't all sit there, have a plan. if you know -- usually, it's not an unexpected event. you know you're about to crash. look around when you get on the airplane. look where the exit row is. count the rows from your row to the exit, have a plan once the chaos starts? >> exactly. because once that chaos starts because it's really hard to see what to do. plan ahead. >> this was also designed to make airplanes more flame retardant structurely, did this surprise you watching this? >> well, it surprised us in the sense it gave us a full crash environment so you really get to

see the whole picture which you never get to see in the lab. so it gives us an opportunity to have a whole new data set to use for seats and interiors. >> so what would you change now? >> well, it's difficult to say what you would change. like there's nothing -- they're doing a pretty good job right now. it validated what the current safety regulations and measures are doing. so without making a big drastic change, oh, this is a problem. in other words, it gives you information that says, okay, we can do this, we can use the forces we measured at the floor to see how better seats and interiors could be designed. >> for example, at the start of the show today. we had a row of seats become unbolted from an airplane in flight. >> right. >> might you be strengthening those on other flights coming up? >> it's probably more of a maintenance issue. the strength is usually good. it's making sure everything's put in properly but it will help you understand the limits of survivability. >> well, it's a fascinating experience. most crashes are in fact surv e

survivable contrary to popular belief. dr. barr and dr. barth, thank you for being here. you can see this curiosity. on discovery channel sunday, october 7th. we'll have much more on "nightline." coming up, josh is back with "the play of the day."

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this is and in hd, abc 7 news update. monday, october 1, good morning. simpson pick of the washington nationals kicking off final homestand of the tonight.eason series is dedicating to racing president teddy roosevelt. receive promotional items including a bumper sticker pin. be prepared for traffic jams in todaywn washington, d.c., marks its first

anniversary. there will be events. protesters camped out for in the square and plaza. report have an in-depth of theup at the top hour. check in with angela foster. and earlier car on the baltimore beltway. on the washington beltway, i as you approached baltimore parkway. traffic. with thee blocked activity. 270, the earlier crash causing major jams coming in from frederick. , earlier accident cleared, but still jammed from springfield. is the forecast? pretty good. nice.l, shot from arlington, 52 degrees. north and west of the metro, quite a bit of fog. use a lot of caution with that.

clouds on the increase today. a chance of showers, 60 degrees to 73 degrees. tomorrow.f rain >> not too bad. thank you. and the news of the coming up.

♪ ♪ can't get next to you can't get next to you ♪ and welcome. team robin out there in times square this morning. we are getting some tweets from robin this morning. just a couple minutes ago, she put out rabbit rabbit. that's what she puts out at the beginning of every month. as you know, she's recovering from a bone marrow transplant. doing pretty well. >> indeed. she's also asking all of you for songs to play while she recovers. we're hearinging the temptations "i can't get next to you." robin, we know you're watching between the toes so, again, get well soon. get well back. >> i tweeted out "runaways" from

the killers because they were so good a couple weeks ago. >> it's great to be here. an abc news exclusive, taylor swift behind the scenes of her "glamour" cover shoot. she's opening up about her romance and the kennedy romance. and also, we're going to hear a brand-new song from her upcoming album "red." >> boy, if somebody deserves a fairy tale wedding it is arguably mishandlingws hathaway. you see her there. >> oh, beautiful. >> we had to work hard to get those picture, josh. ladies and gentlemen, josh can't do it all by himself. who is bringing sexy back to television? "dancing with the stars." really heating up this season. one contestant might be -- just might be most excited about.

we want you to go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to vote for your favorite. we'll have the results. there they are. you can sideline vote for josh if you wanted to and we'll make him dance. >> and would you like to know, on that segue -- >> i don't know, josh is humble. >> or you could write in george or sam. anyone. all right, we're going to begin with a major scare for passengers aboard an american airlines flight. they were flying from boston miami but had to be diverted to new york when an entire row of seats became unbolted and began sliding around. it comes amid a string of other problems at the airline, including american pilot sick-outs and delays. meanwhile, crunch time for the presidential candidates as they head into this week's debate. running a tight race, our new poll shows president obama running a two-point lead over

mitt romney. ahead of wednesday night's face-off. the president now in nevada preparing for the debate. mitt romney rehearsing in manages mis. both campaigns are downplaying expectations. and a deadly day in afghanistan. three american troops killed this morning in a suicide bombing just one day after a very grim milestone there. now more than 2,000 u.s. troops have been killed in the war. and a daring rescue caught on camera in texas. you can see the suv there sburs flames after the driver lost control and crashed. but then the driver of a passing car stops, risking his own life, pulling that driver out on to the parking lot. and great news today, the man okay this morning. and u.s. agriculture experts say the concerns about a widespread bacon shortage in coming months are pure -- hogwash. the american farm bureau federation now says that pork supplies will just decrease only

slightly over the next few months over the drought. but you can expect to pay more. prices can rise by about 10%. attention parents. next big shortage could could be diapers. an explosion and fire closed this factory in japan over the weekend. that plant is the leading producers of super absorbent polymers. a key ingredient in one fifth of the world's disposable diapers. that is remarkably bad news. and also it's that time of year when everyone weighs a pumpkin. and america, we have a winner for you. ron wallace of rhode island actually just shattered the all-time world record. he grew the world's first one-ton pumpkin, shattering the previous record by about 165 pounds which is roughly sam champion after sorts. it was that little tiny -- that was just a tiny piecef the

big. >> we want to see the pumpkin. >> yeah. >> josh, you really should have given us the pumpkin. >> how about the news. >> i know. it's hard for me, george, josh, elizabeth, "pop news" owes mrs. lara spencer so much. they say milk does a body good. if you ask justin bieber, he might not buy right now. conditioning off the tour on saturday. he caught his own case of bieber fever. ladies and gentlemen, the superstar tossing the contents of his stomach not once, but twice, on stage. >> you did show it. >> no, we didn't actually show it. >> we just showed it. >> we did not show it. we did not. the tweet, milk is a bad choice. we recommend a little ginger ale that settles the stomach, but if

you're in the front two rows at a bieber contest and he comes out with a milk mustache -- >> no. >> you might be begging for lara to come back, too. olympic gold medalist ryan lochte knows how to make a splash. he crashed a swim meet giving swimmers the surprisech their lives. they didn't hold anything back. they all jumped in the pool. they swam a couple of laps. ryan lochte won that race, but no hard feelings, because everyone got a picture to tweet, put on facebook. it was a really, really nice moment. what a great guy. he's one of the coolest out there. she may be the world's sexiest soccer mom but there's another reason to kind of dislike her fashion sense because she's making it not okay for you to wear sweats to the soccer fields any longer, by the way. victoria beckham shows up at her son's soccer match wearing a black maxi. some people thought this was

overdressed. she's wearing short wedges. we're going to show this any moment. a gold watch. she has her trademark -- any moment, we're going to show this dress. maybe we're not. >> are you kidding me? we have no dress and no pumpkin? >> josh, josh, if you could just show the pumpkin, we'll tweet out the dress a little later. victoria beckham, by the way, as her own fashion line. we're just saying. here it is, what keeps you awake in the morning. you can trade your morning coffee because it's actually a heaping helping of animal videos, ladies and gentlemen. turns out all you have to do is look at pictures of cute animals. it doesn't actually help you smile but it actually helps you concentrate too. unless you're doing it at work and then maybe you're like air traffic controller and we're saying, don't do this. the japanese poufound that view

these improves your attentiveness. >> i don't know. >> good work. >> george -- george. baby animals keep you awake and make you more alert. >> george, a heaping helping. >> we're going to move over and get back to -- >> we do. we're going to do weather from here and i'm going to dance around the boards. the pictures out of boston, witt. atlanta, wsb is where we're going. not boston at all. and wsb is going to show you that there's strong to severe storms popping up in that area. we think -- i don't even have a clicker. we're going to get better organized, seriously. as we get into this this week, it will be better and better. but here's where the strong storms give you, nashville, atlanta, birmingham, mobile, tallahassee all involved. these storms are not just the

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"here's a look at what's ahead on "good morning america" on morning menu. anne hathaway's top-secret wedding. you saw some of the photos. we're going to give you the rest of the info. plus, the men of "dancing with the stars," the guys are heating up the ball room. you get to pick your favorite. we're going to that as well. taylor swift behind the scenes on her "glamour" shoot. we'll have that as well. that's all coming up on "good morning america" live right here at times square. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy --

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♪ hey baby anne hathaway, the latest celebrity to pull it off. managed to get married in secret this weekend. only family and friends were there. paula faris has the details on how the star kept the paparazzi away. >> rorter: she played a princess on screen, but over the weekend, anne hathaway snagged her real-life prince "the dark knight rises" star tied the knot in california. >> the anne hathaway wedding was very private. only about 110, 150 friends and relatives. >> reporter: "people" said it was rustic and secret. and the valentino off-the-shoulder gown, and kept things simple, wearing no

jewelry but dazzled with a 1920s veil. hathaway and shulman reportedly spending $100,000 on flowers alone. hathaway began dating shulman after her high-profile split from the italian businessman who spent five years in jail after pleading guilty to bilking investors. >>le they had plenty of time to knoll each other, know what kind of world they have ahead and clearly they are very much in love. >> reporter: just a few weeks ago blake lively and rya reynolds kept their wedding a surprise, even to the guests. and the traditional jewish ceremony in august was kept under tight wraps with only 50 people. >> it's not about the press. how many fans. it's simply about the basics. and the word is basically

"love." >> reporter: proving for many celebs, privacy is priceless, especially on your wedding day. for "good morning america," paula faris, abc news, new york. >> happy weekend for anne hathaway. outside to josh and sam. >> it's micah. good to have you. all right. now to the guys -- >> that was great. >> focused. you are focused. you look like a million bucks. the men of "dancing with the stars," fair to say, winning many fans? >> right. >> as they compete for that mirror balle trophy. go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to vote. we're going to have your favorite results. first, here's abc's cecilia vega. ♪ >> reporter: even the judges can't help but notice. there seems to be something

sexier about this season's all-star men. >> you do just get like 3,000 times more sexy. >> always looks like you're in a magazine. >> oh! panache and finesse! >> a season of really sexy guys. >> the more you drink, the sexier i get. >> reporter: while soaking up the compliments, yoey fatone, apolo anton ohno and emmitt smith are nok cuffed on their show. >> i'm under strict orders from "gma" to see sexy moves from you guys. >> sexy moves? the cha-cha. >> we can go outside. >> reporter: gilles marini will chance the cha-cha tonight worried about a hamstring injury. he'll be jiving against helio castroneves and drew lachey who won't exhibit his sexiness unless he has top.

>> if it's trophy or no trophy, the shirt will come off. >> 3,000 times more sexy? wow. >> i love the comment. >> are you blushing a little bit? >> i'm not blushing. >> it's that french, european sexy, oui sort of thing. >> is it fair to say the shirt comes off? >> oh, yes. it makes sense. >> i'm going to work hard on the stomach. when it gets down -- it's just hard -- it's not that hard. 2 1/2. ♪ >> teaching you a little bit of a language kind of latin love at all? >> fine but -- >> he's only taught me swear words so far. ♪ you got me where you want me ♪ >> do you feel sexy, emmitt?

>> there's an element of dancing that makes every man feel sexy. >> when you're vulnerable as a man, that's sexy. when you're able to take direction from a woman, i think that's sexy. >> reporter: if that's not sexy enough, maybe chocolate helps. karina smirnoff eats chocolate before every show. >> it becomes -- >> it's like a treat. >> for "good morning america," cecilia vega, abc news, hollywood. >> cecilia, thank you for that. "dancing with the stars" tonight, 8:00, 7:00 central here on abc. this young next woman holds the record for the most debuts in history. taylor swift is one of the world's brightest stars and now she's sitting down for a "nightline" interview with cynthia mcfadden. cynthia is here to give us a

peek. good morning. >> good north, elizabeth. sometimes, you just get lucky and that's what happened to me when "glamour" asked if i would like to go to their cover shoot and interview the phenomenal taylor swift. on "glamour" on knew stands november 9th, we talked about fame, money on her new album entitled "red." take a look. ♪ you belong with me >> reporter: she sings of young love. ♪ if it meant a lot "the new york times." >> reporter: she sold more than 22 million albums, won six grammys. >> thank you, thank you, thank you! >> reporter: all at the ripe old age of 22. >> welcome to nashville. >> thank you. >> reporter: when i caught up with taylor swift, she was in the middle of shooting her third cover for "glamour" magazine. >> i would wear anything that

they asked me to, really. >> you're very compliant. >> yeah. >> you're also very organized. >> you pick your battles, you know? >> is that what it is? >> fighting with me on top, that's not a hill i want to die on, on you? >> reporter: her public persona is one of innocence. and inside, accomplished professional and somewhat giddy kid. >> and this is my favorite thing. >> oh, i love those. those are the two things. >> i'm for real going to steal them. >> you are? >> reporter: she also may be the most successful singer/songwriter of her generation. you're the number one earning star 30 years old or younger. beating justin bieber. >> oh, yeah, someone told me that. >> reporter: rihanna. reportedly $56 million last year. >> that's a lot. >> does it feel a little intimidating sometimes? or not? >> part of it it. >> it's big.

>> it just doesn't feel that. t doesn't feel like a weight. it doesn't feel like my life is in other people's hands and i'm this puppet in all of this. >> reporter: in fact, she doesn't feel like that when it comes to her career. she has a new album coming out next month, and the first track has already set records and gone to number one. ♪ i'm never, ever, ever getting back together ♪ >> reporter: who could that be about? we know who it's not about. this summer, the country princess reportedly began a new romance with conor kennedy, the son of robert kennedy jr. there is a lot of talk about you and the kennedys these day. >> is there? >> reporter: there is. >> do tell. >> reporter: reports that you're dating conor kennedy, true? >> yeah, i don't talk about my personal life in that great detail. i write about it all in my songs. but when i get in an interview, it just sort of feels -- it's not as much what i do. talking about it.

but i feel like you can share enough of your life in your music to still let people know what you're going through and how you feel and still develop a connection without, you know, talking too many details. >> reporter: ethel kennedy was asked what she would think of having you as a granddaughter-in law-she said, we should be so lucky. >> she's fantastic. i love her. >> reporter: but for all the romance, one very steady relationship is with her music. you have been -- rolling stone said she's one of the few genuine rock stars we've got with a flawlessness that makes a song click. >> when did they say that? >> reporter: june. >> they said that? >> reporter: they did. recently, too. >> wow. >> reporter: it's so funny. you're so impressed. >> i guess for me, i just don't really believe it yet.

>> reporter: so you are not blase? >> i try to be sometimes, but it's just hard when you get excited about stuff. ♪ >> reporter: there's a lot to be excited about these days. she is truly adorable. and, oh, so talented. imagine, she wrote every song on every one of her albums. elizabeth, you mentioned she holds the record for the most top-ten debuts on billboard history, looks like she's poised to do it again. tonight on "nightline," you'll hear much more from her as well, as well as the debut of her album cover as i go behind the scenes with cindy levy and her team. >> you really liked herd? >> i did. >> and taylor swift will be here when "red" is released. she returns tuesday, october 23rd for a special "gma" concert. but right now, a little exclusive.

first listen of taylor's title track "red" which you can get at midnight. >> hi, it's taylor. "red" comes out this month. in honor of that, the song released on itunes is the title track "red." i wrote the song about some things are hard to forget because the emotions involved are so intense. and to me, intense emotion is red. we're going to play a "gma" exclusive preview of it right now. i hope you like it. i'll see you back here live on times square in three weeks. ♪ i will never know forgetting him was like trying to know somebody ♪ ♪ you never met but loving him was red ♪

live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. 8:27 --a hearing set for today is a man accused of shooting in washington, d.c. not guilty but was competent to stand trial. he walked into the conservative building in august and in athe security guard the investigator the man fired, he said he did not like the group's politics. want to be prepared for traffic washingtonntown today. is marking its first anniversary. the group is rallying today on k street. our sister station will have an

the top ofport at the hour. angela foster with a check on traffic. still seeing heavy delays inbound 66 coming in from manassas. traveling on the beltway in delays began in springfield. also for -- springfield, a delay on 395 northbound toward the 14th street bridge. now i look at our forecast. the day will improve through but then it it will down for the afternoon. now. dealing with bad fog down to less than a 10th of a mile. martinsburg in hagerstown. we are fine here in the district. 40 degree temperatures. 55, reagan national. forecast, increasing clouds.

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minutes. good morning, america. as you know, robin recovering from her bone marrow transplant. lara is off. >> i love the wallflowers, can't wait to see them perform live. coming up, we have one of hollywood's leading men just right over there. >> liam neeson. it's a new sequel. it is great. >> what's he doing? >> by the way, taking one, taking two, i've seen the trailer. >> first it's taken, not taking. >> not taking. he's here handing out tickets. another reason for you to come to times square. we also have the results of the poll from last hour. we asked to you vote on the sexiest male contestant from "dancing with the stars." and the winner is -- drum roll,

please -- gilles marini followed by emmitt smith. remember, you can see all of those wonderful gentlemen heat up the ball room on "dancing with the stars" 8:00, 7:00 central right here on abc. and you can see arnold schwarzenegger with the autobiography "total recall." but now we're going to get more into his life. how he soared to the top of every field he entered. >> you wrote at the top of the book on page 15, you say, quote, i am absolutely convinced that i was special and made for bigger things. i knew i would be the best at something, although i did not know what. you're a boy from a small town in austria. how did you know that? where did that come from? >> i just had feeling. i always felt, you know, when i saw pictures for instance of the america. the empire state building. the golden gate bridge and

hollywood. i thought one day i'm going to be over there and be in movies. it was not like maybe. i saw it very clear. >> how about body building? how did that come about? >> it was only because i was in a bunch of different sports. i joined right away when i joined the club and was lifting weights, within a short period of time, my strength doubled. it was just talent. the question was, how can you use that -- other body building champion to get into movies, whatever, i could use my body to get into america. >> and the success about the movies as well. you've got to tell us the story about "the terminator." you almost ruined the signature line "i'll be back." what's that about? >> i could not pronounce "i'll." i kept saying -- maybe i should just say "i will be back." and it sounds more like a machine "i will be back." he said, no, no, i don't tell you how to act.

don't tell me how to write. i wrote the line "i'll be back." but it sounds really weird when i say in my german accent. i said, i don't care. and it was, look, this is what we ended up doing. and the movie came out. i remember i was here in new york for the promotion and i walked down on park avenue, this one fan came up and said, say it. i said, say what? he said, say the line "i'll be back." i said, "i'll be back." he said, no, the way you said it in the movie. i said "i'll be back." i realized how powerful this line was. >> the gentleman was right? >> he was absolutely right. cameron is never wrong. >> tell me about politics a little bit. i always wondered about this. was the decision to run for governor simply a matter of opportunity that you saw that recall election or was it

something you had been thinking about for the longest ti esest ? >> i wanted to give back. and special olympics, then i met maria and her mother i really got sucked into the thing about the special olympics and the after school education, that gives after-school programs $500 million more. then the next thing was the recall election. it was perfect. next thing you know, i won and began governor. >> we have 30 seconds. love one of your rules for success. stay hungry. at the age of 65, you're still hungry? >> very hungry. i still have dreams, still have visions. america has been the land of opportunity. i've experienced it first hand. you have a place where you can come with absolutely nothing and you can get everything if you're willing to work hard. it's been the greatest coming to this subject. >> arnold schwarzenegger thanks

very much. "total recall" on sale today. let's go to sam and the weather. >> nice interview. nice to have him on the show. good morning, everybody. >> all: good morning! >> speaking of nice to have you on the show. wait a minute, pennsylvania, right, tell me your name. >> tonya. >> charlotte. not from pennsylvania? >> los angeles. >> and the philippines. a little bit of traveling involved in that. let's get to the boards. we're going to show you all the twitter and facebook pictures. new hampshire up front with beautiful color. and then rome, georgia, outside of atlanta. but inside, the gorgeous pictures of the day today. let me show you the cooling trend into the northwest. after all the warmth and the dry fire season it's good to get a little cooler air in here. the folks working so hard to fight the fires every little temperature in drop will help them. in the

>> here i am. we're looking at a pitiful start morning. fair skies. to the north and west. arlington. 55, reagan >> all that weather was brought to you by bounty. i am so excited and you're about to vee why, i'm here with jami gertz. wait a minute, i do need a stick mike. i said i didn't want one for this interview. >> i have to say, i am a huge fan. i have to tell america, you're even more handsome in person. i don't know how it happened. even cuter in person. >> let's talk about the sitcom. by the way, i love you. "the neighbors." because this is like, you didn't come here to discuss normal because on this broadcast, we can't. not everyone on your show is normal, so to speak?

>> no, they're special. we are a couple that has three kids, married 18 years. i want my husband to take initiative in the marriage. i mean, maybe some flowers, surprise sex in the marriage. spice it up. he takes initiative and puts a down payment on a townhouse on a golf course. >> right. >> and moves the entire family. and we realize quickly there's something a little odd about the neighbors. they have names of professional athletes. even though they're not professional athletes. and it turns out the entire town are aliens who have been stuck on planet earth for ten years and we're their only human contact. >> now, there are some things that i loved about the show. you guys came on right after "modern family." that's a good audience to get. >> thank you. >> so don't leave the show. why do aliens have accents? >> well, because they don't like the guttural american. they take what's best of human, you know, the human athletes, and they take their names. and they don't eat.

they get their nourishment through reading. >> one funny show. ladies and gentlemen, jami gertz, by the way, "the neighbors" airs wednesday. i have loved every bit of it. liam neeson is coming up. that's 8:30,

liam neeson is back by popular demand playing the action hero of "taken 2." in his new movie, we see him in hand-to-hand combat lightning crashes. fans will not be disappointed. we're happy to have liam here this morning. good morning. >> hi, elizabeth. >> i loved the first movie, and as did many people to the tune of $22 million at the box office. were you surprised it was such a big hit? >> we all were. we all were. we felt we were making this little tight compact european thriller that would do relatively well and disappear into dvd land, you know. >> this really cemented your place as the action star hero? >> yes. >> you play an ex-cia operative in the first movie, protecting your daughter. in the second movie, we have a

gang of albanian thugs intent on wreaking revenge against you and your daughter and your wife. let's take a look at a clip. >> okay. >> turn left. >> around the block. >> yeah, yeah. >> when i stop, i want you to get out of the car, i want you to go inside. >> tell me -- >> driver, stop. okay. go. >> please, what about you? >> i'll be fine. the guys following us are about to have a problem. >> oh, are they about to have a problem. did you train a lot for the fight scenes in this movie? >> we have to do a lot, elizabeth. yeah, yeah, yeah. it was great. the stunt double mark lasslo has

been in my life 12 or 13 years. we get together from day one. >> we see you here doing it. basically, you're blocking the whole thing out. >> oh, yeah, yeah. that's -- that's the pace we go at from day one, and then we gradually speed it up. >> speed it up and speed it up. >> and then we do it blind folded. >> do you really? >> just to make sure -- >> you have the right feel. you were a boxer as a boy in ireland? >> i did. >> did that help? >> it did. it's given me the work ethic and discipline to get off my fat -- and go to the gym. >> good morning, america. >> should i have said that? i'm still on last night's time. >> you're still on last night's time, exactly. >> actually, we just came back from south korea, russirussia, promoting the movie. i literally don't know what time it is. >> it's monday, october 1st.

8:44. listen, you've done so many accolades and honors and awards. we do have a clip of you in a comic role. you were playing a hyp hyper ko degreeback. >> come in. >> oh, not you again? >> i thought you would having to the doctor before. >> i'm presuming that's a back story you didn't agree on beforehand. >> no. it's improper, isn't it, you go with the flow? >> i don't take notes. >> okay, comedy may be a stretch. you're still playing it exactly straight to the camera. the movie is "taken 2." it's a fun movie to see. best of luck to you. i hope you get some sleep soon.

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fair to say, an enthusiastic studio. why not, we're here with the grammy-winning group the wallflowers. sold more than 7 million albums worldwide. now they have a cd that drops next week "glad all over. "we're catching up with jakob dylan, rami jaffee and what brought everybody back together? >> it was actually seven years. >> seven? >> yeah. but i thought we -- we only thought we'd take a summer or two off. and it kept going and everybody got real busy. >> and so you reunite, you make this cd. why this? why this one? >> from what we're about to hear.

>> well, we just had a lot of music left in it. we've got a lot of road ahead of us, it just worked on it in the studio. went down to nashville. i think we all thought we were having a good time, it was going to sound like that. >> they've sold millions of records worldwide. the song is "love" from the upcoming album "glad all over." the wallflowers. ♪ ♪ with the first sign of rain we found out that day ♪ ♪ that much is true

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